Singing
Duo, Don and Sue lead the club in Amercia The Beautiful.Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin

Hey
Kiwanis…THANKS!
The three elementary school librarians introduced themselves and their respective
guests from their schools. All echoed words of THANKS from the kids and the
staff for our participation in the RIF program during the last school year.
RIF will be changing names next year, but the format will remain the same.
We have completed all RIF distributions for this year, as the school year
ends next week. Kathy Calvin read some of the thank you notes that were submitted
by the 3rd graders. Thanks to all the club members who took the time to participate
in the program this year at the schools in Laconia. Well done! A special
tip of the Kiwanis Kap to Kathy Calvin for serving as RIF chair this year.
Also…3rd grade teacher Tiffany Dubois introduced an idea she has about
a bookmobile for the summer months to stay connected to kids over vacation.
More to follow!.................................

ATV
Raffle

Thanks
to all that were all involved in selling tickets this past
weekend. We raised approx $1,000 for the weekend. This weekend,
we will start on Friday, June 20th. On the schedule this
weekend:

Sunday,
June 22nd10am-3pm: Jim
and Arlene Fortier and Dick Metz and Howard Bacon

Roger
Landry and Warren Mitchell will be breaking down the display Monday
morning, June 23rd. Thanks again to all involved. We’re off
to a good start.

Hey
Kiwanis….THANKS! part 2:We
received a thank you note from St. Vincent DePaul, thanking us for our recent
contribution to the food pantry. They indicate that the number of people that
they service has gone up and they appreciate our support.

50/50:
Eric Johnson of Elm Street School wins the 50/50…worth $32.

Eric
Johnson is pleased to have won the 50 50. Photo
by W. Stephen Loughlin

Happy Dollars:
Warren Mitchell and Paul Cotton gave $2 for the tent being set up nicely at
the Weirs. Joe Collie gave 2 dollars: 1 for the crew doing a great job at the
ATV Raffle and one for Steve Loughlin’s birthday. Eric Johnson gave 2
for winning the 50/50 and for the great job his staff has done in his first
year as principal at Elm Street School.

Fines:
Dianne Roberts and Lori Dickson were pinless.

Guest
Speaker:

Alan
Robichaud
spoke
to
the
club.
He
is
the
Executive
Director
of
the
Belknap
County
Citizens
Council
on
Children
and
Families.

In
his
power
point
presentation,
he
focused
on
juvenile
justice
noting that
nearly
4
percent
of
juveniles
are
offenders.
In
Belknap
County,
offending
youths
are
dealt
with
in
a
series
of
graduated
sanctions.
First
offenders
go
into
a
court
diversion
program.
This
program
is
highly
successful
and
has
an
85
percent
success
rate
of
keeping
first
offenders
from
becoming
repeat
offenders.
A
bulk
of
court
diversion
programs
receive
their
money
from
municipalities
and
recent
budget
cuts
have
really
started
to
hurt
these
programs.
Step
2
means
that
the
child
has
to
go
before
the
judge
and
will
have
to
renter
the
restorative
justice
program
and
go
through
a
yearlong
program.
Step
3
is
court
involved.
This
means
that
a
youth
has
a
probation
officer.
With
this
comes
more
costs
from
schools
and
police
departments
and
taxpayers.
Out
of
home
placement
options
for
offenders
includes
the
144-bed
Sununu
Youth
Center
in
Manchester.
Robichaud
said
this
is
a
last
resort,
as
it
is
saved
for
the
most
repeat
of
offenders
and
costs
$375
per
day
to
taxpayers.

Robichaud
says
when
restorative
justice
was
introduced
by
Belknap
County;
the
probation
caseload
was
cut
in
half.
The
concern
now
is
that
recent
budget
cuts
will
eliminate
the
program
and
this
will
cause
caseloads
to
go
up,
and
at
a
time
when
state
agencies
are
at
hiring
and
budget
freezes.
Typically,
a
youth
that
goes
to
court
makes
three
courtroom
appearances:
1.
Arraignment,
2.
Hearing,
3.
Disposition.
All
three
of
these
court
appearances
require
a
judge,
lawyers,
court
administration,
and
lost
work
costs.
All
these
costs
fall
back
on
taxpayers.
The
court
diversion
program
tries
to
avoid
these
costs
by
heading
off
troubled
youth
before
they
end
up
in
court.

Governor John Lynch helped kick-off he 85th Anniversary
of Bike Week with a press conference at Meredith Harley-Davidson dealership.
On hand were Kiwanians Charlie St. Clair, the Executive Director of the Laconia
Motorcycle Week Association and Peter Karagianis, the owner of Happy Jacks
Cigars in downtown Laconia.

During the ceramonies, Peter Karagianis, along with the
late Peter Makris, who was a co-owner of the Naswa Resort in The Weirs, were
given the 2008 Fritz Baer Award for outstanding contributions to motorcycling
and to the success of Laconia Motorcycle Week. In presenting the awards at
the Meredith Harley-Davidson store, Charlie St. Clair noted that Karagianis
and Fritz Baer worked together to ensure that the rally received the financial
support it needed from the business community.

Pictures
contained in this newsletter have been modified to assure a fast download.
Therefore, if you try to print them, they will not be of
the best quality. If you should desire a picture better suited for printing,
feel free to request a copy by emailing W. Stephen Loughlin at steve@theloughlins.com

Kiwanis Kronikle is a weekly publication of the Kiwanis
Club of Laconia, N.H., P.O. Box 757, Laconia, N.H. 03247-0757.
We meet Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at the Pheasant Ridge Country Club,
Country Club Rd., Gilford, N.H. Please call your President or
Secretary about any Member or family member in case of illness.
Email: Joe Collie or Steve Loughlin